1. Claude
Monet
T h e p r e s e n t a t i o n b y
Evgeniya Kurkina
(janealex7@mail.ru)

2. Plan of presentation
Who was
Claude Monet?
His biography
and ambiance
Works Death
Why he is still
important?

3. Who was
Claude
Monet?
French
painter
One of the
founders of
impressionism

4. Claude’s
biography
• Was born on November 14,
1840
• In 1850 Monet entered the Le
Havre secondary school of
arts
• Became known for his
charcoal caricatures
• Eugéne Boudin was his mentor
and taught him to use oil
paints

5. • In 1862 C. Monet became a
student of Charles Gleyre in Paris.
• He had been to England, Holland
and Italy.
• In 1866 Monet met his future wife
Camille Doncieux and made a
lot of works with her.
• In 1868 Camille and Claude’s 1st
child Jean was born. 1878 – 2nd
child Michel.
• That year, due to financial
reasons, Monet attempted
suicide by throwing himself into
the Seine.
• In 1870 Claude got married with
Camille. In 1876 she became ill
and 3 years later she died of
tuberculosis.
Monet’s self portrait

6. Monet’s ambiance
Alfred Sisley
Johan
Barthold
Jongkind
Claude
Monet
Frédéric
Bazille
Pierre-
Auguste
Renoir

7. What inspired Claude Monet?
 His wife Camille Docieux
 Landscapes of Le Harve
 His garden in Giverny
 Nature of Mediterranean

8. La Femme à la
Robe Verte
Monet's Camille or
The Woman in the
Green Dress, painted
in 1866, brought him
recognition.

9. Impression, Sunrise (1873)
Impression
sunrise was
painted in Le
Havre and
gave its name
to the
impressionism
movement.

10. The most famous and most expensive
works of C. Monet
Water Lilys. (1919) Was sold for 80,549 mln$

11. Rose Arches at Giverny. 1913
17,750 mln$
Path along the Water-Lily
Pond. 1900
32,991 mln$

13. Death
Claude Monet died of
lung cancer on
December 5, 1926 and
is buried in the Giverny
church cemetery.
Monet had insisted
that the occasion be
simple; thus about fifty
people attended the
ceremony.

14. Why C. Monet is still so important
for France and the world art’s life?
 C. Monet was one of the founders of impressionism
 Through his life Monet painted about 2500 paintings.
 Without him art would never become so interesting, and full
of light, and beauty.

15. References :
 http://www.claudemonetgallery.org
 http://giverny.org/monet/biograph/
 http://www.moodbook.com/history/impressionism/claud
e-monet.html
 http://giverny-monet.com/top10en.htm